dune Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 Nicola Cortese has talked the talk, and thus far he has also walked the walk, but now it gets serious. He has spoken about champions league football and this is now our target because we are a Premier League club. So what do we need to be spending in the summer for his words to retain credibility? I've heard somewhere that Nigel Adkins wants 4 new players this summer, so I reckon somewhere around 20 mil on players and then of course we will need to pay stupid wages if we are to build towards the objective of finishing high up the league.
Matthew Le God Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 Impossible to put a figure on it. Our best signing of the last 3 years cost £1m and is likely to be able to a decent job in the top flight. Bargains are out there, Tadanari Lee for example was a free transfer.
dune Posted 30 April, 2012 Author Posted 30 April, 2012 Impossible to put a figure on it. Our best signing of the last 3 years cost £1m and is likely to be able to a decent job in the top flight. Bargains are out there, Tadanari Lee for example was a free transfer. Put a ****ing figure on it you tedious gimp.
trousers Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 (edited) I reckon we'll spend £15m tops. £6m - £7m on the likes of Hooper plus £2m - £3m each on 3 other players to bolster the midfield, defence and goalkeeping departments. We'll then "suck it and see" until the January transfer window. IMHO of course Edited 30 April, 2012 by trousers
Matthew Le God Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 Put a ****ing figure on it you tedious gimp. Can you not see why you can't put a figure on it?
Doctoroncall Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 I don't think the focus on money is important, it's getting the right player that fits into the team and better than we have got. So what if it's a new record signing or a lower league player - if they have shown the right attributes they would be worth more than the sake of signing an expensive player because we have the money.
Paul75 Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 Need someone who has good Premiership expericence, dont care for a 1 season journey man, just need that expericence i reckon our first signing will be a "marquee" (for us anyway) player, then i think we will spend approx 12-15million
Raging Bull Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 20-25 mill IMO, nothing like the 70 odd Roy keane spent on Sunderland when they went up.
SuperMikey Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 Depends on the player and the position. I reckon we'll get 5-6 players (including young players like we did with Stephens, Gallagher etc), spending circa £16m in the process. Can't see NC or NA wanting to pay massive amounts for players that we're not desperate for.
Brussels Saint Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 I would be amazed if we spent more than 15m on transfers, but it's going to be interesting to see the names we actually sign. We know targets are already in place and work has begun, so I'm fairly confident quality will be coming in. NC & NA up till now have been good at springing the surprises and whilst not all signings have worked, those we have spent relatively big on, have all been a success. I think we will see a fair bit of Jos & Chung type signings rather than Joey Barton and all hail that!
shurlock Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 More relevant question is what kind of salary cap we'll be operating. £35K pw?
saintmatt Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 No idea but I think it's safe to say Rory Delap will no longer be our record signing come August!
Marsdinho Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 I'm going to spend circa £700 on a season ticket, I know that much...
Lighthouse Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 We won't actually know the real figures as Saints never release details of their transfers. I hope we don't spend £7m on Hooper though. That's a lot of money for a player who has only ever done it in Scotland. I'd be pretty cheesed off if we'd spent that much on McCann or Skacel.
stev2001 Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 Depends how much they put aside for the stadium expansion I think the question should be do we go for cheaper high wage players (hargreaves is free) or expensive lower wage ones? Personally I'd like to see more of the latter.
EBS1980 Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 Anyone know how much QPR, Norwich and Swansea spent on transfers upto 31AUG11 when the transfer window shut? Not that it affects what we will spend, just interested as a form of comparision.
Matthew Le God Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 I hope we don't spend £7m on Hooper though. That's a lot of money for a player who has only ever done it in Scotland. He was the Championship's 3rd top scorer in his last season in England (aged only 22 years old), he outscored Andy Carroll and did it whilst at a team like S****horpe United who didn't exactly create a lot of opportunities. He also has a good scoring record in Europe for Celtic. I know the SPL is poor, but your statement is harsh I think.
toe_punt Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 This is like being asked who will score the goals and at which minutes of the match. Stupid question....... 17.61 million....there!
stev2001 Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 This is like being asked who will score the goals and at which minutes of the match. Stupid question....... 17.61 million....there! True we need to know what NC has set aside for this in his next 5 year plan
dune Posted 30 April, 2012 Author Posted 30 April, 2012 Of course we probably won't know the exact figure because of our love of undisclosed fee's, so I propose taking the mean figure from the papers (excluding The Daily Mirror of course). As this is now a competition I would live to revise my figure to something more accurate and bagsy 22 mil.
Lighthouse Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 He was the Championship's 3rd top scorer in his last season in England (aged only 22 years old), he outscored Andy Carroll and did it whilst at a team like S****horpe United who didn't exactly create a lot of opportunities. He also has a good scoring record in Europe for Celtic. I know the SPL is poor, but your statement is harsh I think. Billy Sharp did it in an equally poor Donny side and he only cost £1.8m. Not saying I don't rate Hooper and he wont come cheap, but £7m is an awful lot. Scoring a couple against Rennes and Udinese isn't that amazing.
Legod Third Coming Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 Of course we probably won't know the exact figure because of our love of undisclosed fee's, so I propose taking the mean figure from the papers (excluding The Daily Mirror of course). As this is now a competition I would live to revise my figure to something more accurate and bagsy 22 mil. No chance will we spend that. We spent £4.7 million last summer to come within a gnat's co ck of winning the Championship. I reckon £10m well spent and well directed on promising young stars who people have scarce heard of and who turn out to be half-decent... Think about it. Which positions are you filling? CF - Lambert, Sharp, Chung, Guly (+1?) - assuming Barnard will be off, even? MF - Morgan, Cork, Adam, Chaplow, Hammond, (Punch) (+1?) DF - Richardson/Butterfield, Fonte/Martin, Jos/new, Fox/Harding (think it's apparent Jaihdi is too old) GK - KD, BB (+1?) Whether you think any of the players listed above can cut it in the Premiership is moot - the manager might!
Matthew Le God Posted 30 April, 2012 Posted 30 April, 2012 think it's apparent Jaihdi is too old Radhi Jaïdi announced he was going to retire at the end of the season months ago.
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